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Arimidex vs Aromasin?
I saw my onc today. I've been having lots of low back, hip,buttock and leg pain. Bone scan 3 months ago showed no sign of bone mets. Did show lots of degenerative changes. Anyway onc decided today to change me from arimidex to aromasin. I am to go off of the arimidex for 2 weeks before starting aromasin to see if my pain lessens. I'm kind of concerned not being on anything for two weeks. Have any of you gone off your aromatase inhibitors for a period of time? Do any of you have lots of pain from these drugs and does switching from one to another help?
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Cathy
Routine mammogram 6-29-11
Ultrasound 7-5-11
Biopsy 7-11-11
Right modified radical mastectomy 7-18-11 with 7 out of 24 lymph nodes positive
Stage IIIC, Grade 3, Estrogen + 100%, HER2 +
Had 5 tumors in right breast, none of which showed up on the mammogram (What showed up on mamm was a lymph node)
Lymphatic vascular invasion
Lymphedema right arm (started shortly after surgery)
TCH started August 15, 2011
Finished Taxotore and Carboplatin 11-28-11
Radiation x 36 - finished Feb. 3, 2012
Herceptin weekly for 1 year - finished 8-13-12
Arimidex started Feb. 2012 for 5 years
Left prophylactic total mastectomy March of 2012
Arimidex stopped August 2014 due to side effects
Aromasin started Sept. 2014
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